Next Assassin's Creed will take players to merry old London for a spot of tea

The Assassin's Creed series will be hitting the English capital for its next instalment, according to sources cited in a recent Kotaku report. Believed to be titled Assassin's Creed: Victory, the publication reports that the game will be set in the Victorian era and will be released in 2015. In response to the leak, Ubisoft today released a statement to the media:

"It is always unfortunate when internal assets, not intended for public consumption, are leaked. And, while we certainly welcome anticipation for all of our upcoming titles, we're disappointed for our fans, and our development team, that this conceptual asset is now public. The team in our Quebec studio has been hard at work on the particular game in question for the past few years, and we're excited to officially unveil what the studio has been working on at a later date. In the meantime, our number one priority is enhancing the experience of Assassin's Creed Unity for players."

While it's no announcement that Assassin's Creed: Victory will definitely be hitting shelves, it has certainly added weight to the Kotaku report. The next AC title is expected to be released in the fall 2015, but we'll be on the lookout for the official unveil sometime next year. Here's a look at the gameplay:

How would you enjoy roaming the streets (and rooftops) of London in the next AC?

Just recently my wife joined me on the couch while I was playing Unity and told me about how awesome it looks and how much she liked Paris. I said I've been to Paris before and it's a beautiful city, but I'd desperately like to play an AC character in London sometime, which I've also already been to... I didn't think then, my wish would come true so soon, but now, that I know it, it just became eternal to wait for it

Bought every AC game on PC as well as all DLC. Some I even bought on disk then later on steam. But this time Ubi can shove it. Won't buy the next or Unity for two reasons... Absolutely unbelievable price increase over previous, like almost 100% in £ and to put the last nail in the coffin, its not available on steam for UK users. This comes after they took my preorder money then punched me in the face repeatedly with that watchdogs scam. They make EA seem like saints.

Being a Londoner I do hope they base the streets on Victorian reality so I don't get upset about streets being wrong, I know London very well, and always hate films where they show, someone go past St Pauls, heading for say Charing Cross and then they go past Tower Bridge, you would have to go backwards a mile to do that, gets me well wound up it does ;-)

I would have prefered to see London just before the railways were developed, they did almost has much damage to London as the Luftwaffe managed but I will take mid/late Victorian if I have to.

And I do love a decent cup of strong tea, I wonder if some of the tea stalls I frequent now are in the same place......

Still, it's not optimized for several platforms yet. Look how drastically different Watchdogs was from the first gameplay trails, which also had button prompts. The Crew is another example, and The Division will be another. They all look good at retail, but not as stunning as pre-release stills/trailers.

Better get a decent X1 to play it with. As I read, Unity was ported to PC after being developed for the consoles and was a completely mess, yet worse than with the bugs on PS4 and X1. Moreover, you need high-end hardware to make it run smoothlessly, whereas you can enjoy the game out of the box with a console (as long as it isn't completely buggy). Also, you need to keep your PC hardware up to date to be able to play modern games flawlessly, which is also costing you a ton of money. In my experience, a console is the easiest and best way to go.

I would like a full game with all the historical accuracy. In Rogue they just use Lisbon as an instrumental location. For example, what destroyed much of the city near the river wasn't the earthquake per se, if was the tsunami that followed it.
I think one during either the Age of Discoveries or during the fall of the Monarchy would be a cool game.

Yes, I've thought for a long time that they should make one based in England. I hoped it would follow AC2 actually, and be set in the Tudor period. I can't think of a time more rife with plot, intrigue, conspiracy, betrayal, political and religious upheaval, clandestine societies and secret symbolism. It would have been perfect. Maybe they still will do this one day. I'll take Dickensian London as a close second.